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==1975 to 1979== * 1975 A Mid-Valley Pipeline crude oil pipeline at Lima, Ohio ruptured after a valve was accidentally closed against a pumping pipeline on January 17. The spraying crude oil ignited, killing a Terminal Operator.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_16.pdf〕 * 1975 On January 23, a propane chiller at a MAPCO facility exploded violently during maintenance work on it, near Iowa City, Iowa. 2 workers were killed and 3 others injured by the failure.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gApRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xcAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=7095,3134271&dq=mapco+pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1975 A gas transmission pipeline exploded and gas burned in Mediapolis, Iowa on January 27. There were no injuries reported. * 1975 In March, a leak was discovered in a 14-inch petroleum products pipeline in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Plantation Pipeline began efforts to recover the spilled petroleum. From that time through June 1983, approximately 2,022 barrels of spilled petroleum products were recovered from standpipes at the leak site. Remediation efforts stopped in October 1984. Later tests raised questions on the possibility of not all of the spill products were recovered.〔http://www.lawskills.com/case/ga/id/297/08/index.html〕 * 1975 A 12-inch crude oil pipeline ruptured near Harwood, Missouri, on March 26. Heavy rain slowed the cleanup.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LUMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZtQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5027,5448845&dq=texaco+pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1975 A natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline ruptured due to previous mechanical damage, at Devers, Texas. 4 people were killed in a following vapor cloud fire. The pipeline had been damaged when a valve was installed on the pipeline. (May 12, 1975)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_42.pdf〕 * 1975 An explosion in June 1975 at a home in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was caused by natural gas leaking into the home from an open main in the middle of the street. One person was killed. In 1973, workers hired by the gas company had falsified records showing the main had been closed.〔(1968: Gas line explosion destroys Roseto home | PoconoRecord.com )〕 * 1975 On June 11, a leaking pipeline for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was found to have spilled about 60,000 gallons of crude oil at a construction camp in Alaska. That pipeline had been noticed leaking before, but, previous repair efforts had failed.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eWZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8vcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3857,3322190&dq=pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1975 An LPG pipeline ruptured near Romulus, Michigan, due to previous mechanical damage to the pipeline, and over pressurization from operator error, caused by closing a valve against a pumping pipeline, at a storage facility. Nine people were injured in the following vapor cloud fire. Flames high engulfed a -diameter area, destroyed four houses and damaged three others, burned 12 vehicles, and consumed of propane. (August 2, 1975)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=P-76-058〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V6MhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5210,483573&dq=sun+pipeline+explosion&hl=en〕 * 1975 An ammonia pipeline ruptured in Texas City, Texas on September 3. 47 people needed medical treatment for ammonia exposure.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19750905&id=qRJZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VUYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7046,685830〕 * 1975 On September 7, a gas gathering pipeline failed due to internal and external corrosion near Kilgore, Texas. Unodorized natural gas liquids from leak were ignited by an automobile, killing 5 people.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAB-78-01.pdf〕 * 1975 On September 19, flooding along the Amite River in Louisiana caused a 12 inch propane pipeline to break, releasing about 743,000 gallons of propane.〔http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/document.cfm?docID=299977&docketID=44911&mkey=67002〕 * 1975 On October 13, employees at a gas processing plant at Goldsmith, Texas heard leak gas, and investigated. Before the leak could be found, a 12-inch pipeline there exploded, killing 3 of the crew, injuring 2 others, and causing extensive plant damage.〔 * 1975 On December 18, a failed pressure relief device caused cracks in storage tanks supporting the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System, leaking about 600,000 gallons of crude oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vdsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GSkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6865,4269519&dq=pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1976 On January 7, a repair crew working on natural gas gathering compressor station at Cedardale, Oklahoma, opened the wrong valve in an attempt to increase gas flow. Natural gas & Natural Gas Liquids flow out of an open 12-inch pipeline, and were ignited by an open flame heater. 5 of the crew were killed, and 2 seriously burned.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_26.pdf〕 * 1976 On January 10, a gas leak at the Pathfinder Hotel in Fremont, Nebraska, exploded, killing 23 people. A compression coupling on a gas line had pulled apart, causing gas to leak into the Hotel's basement.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/_layouts/ntsb.recsearch/Recommendation.aspx?Rec=P-76-003〕 * 1976 A MAPCO LPG/NGL pipeline ruptured near Whitharral, Texas, leading to vapor cloud fire that killed one, severely burning 4 others who later died, destroyed two homes, and burned an area about 400 yards wide. A Low Frequency Electric Resistance Weld (LF-ERW) seam failure is suspected for the failure. From January 1968 to the date of the Whitharral accident, 14 longitudinal pipe seam failures had occurred on that pipeline system, which resulted in 6 other fatalities, and the loss of over of LPG.(February 25, 1976)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_22_25.pdf〕〔http://www3.gendisasters.com/node/16862〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5VVOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3071,2499657&dq=mid+america+pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1976 An improperly assembled compression coupling failed on a gas distribution line in Phoenix, Arizona on February 8, causing a house explosion that killed 2 people.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_17_19.pdf〕 * 1976 On March 2, an 18 inch Gulf Oil pipeline failure spilled about 21,000 gallons of crude oil into the Wisner Wildlife Area in Louisiana. There were no initial reports of wildlife being affected.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19760303&id=MPNLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=de0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4323,829415〕 * 1976 On March 16, a 6 inch ARCO pipeline failed near Tilden Township, Pennsylvania, spilling gasoline into a stream.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19760317&id=jxFXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WUMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6838,4112779〕 * 1976 On March 27, a two-story building in Phenix City, Alabama, exploded and burned from a gas leak. The explosion and fire killed the six persons in the building. The NTSB found that gas at 20-psig pressure had leaked from a cracked, 3-inch cast iron gas main.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_67_72.pdf〕 * 1976 A front loader hit a Standard Oil of California (now Chevron Corporation) 8-inch petroleum products pipeline in Los Angeles, California, during a road widening project along Venice Boulevard. 9 people were killed, a plastic factory was destroyed, and other serious property damage occurred. (June 16, 1976)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_87_90.pdf〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=evgLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t1gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5557,335390&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * On August 8, a house exploded from gas migrating through the soil, from a broken 4 inch gas main, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. 26 minutes later, gas then exploded in another house, causing a brick wall & part of the street to collapse. 2 firefighters were killed, 14 people injured, and 4 buildings destroyed.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/Investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/PAR7702.aspx〕 * 1976 A road grader hit a 20-inch gas transmission pipeline near Calhoun, Louisiana. Six people were killed in the ensuing fire, 6 families were left homeless, and a mobile home and 2 houses were destroyed. (August 9, 1976)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_74_75.pdf〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OiRXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hkMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5762,3395836&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1976 On August 13, a flash fire in the basement of a house in Bangor, Maine, occurred while a gas company crew was checking for the cause of low gas pressure at the home. The fire killed one gas company employee, burned two other employees, and caused minor damage to the house. One of the crew was using a match to light the basement of the home, and another crew member was smoking when the fire started.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P76_101.pdf〕 * 1976 On August 29, an explosion and fire destroyed a house at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Two persons were killed, four persons were injured, and two adjacent houses were damaged. The destroyed house was not served by natural gas. However, natural gas, which was escaping at 58 psig pressure from a punctured 2-inch plastic main located away, had entered the house through a 6-inch sewer lateral that had been bored through to install the gas line.〔〔http://www.crossboresafety.org/documents/NTSB%20Cross%20Bore%20Recommendation%2012November1976.pdf〕 * 1976 On September 10, sewer work and heavy equipment caused soil subsidence on a 6 inch cast iron gas pipe in Blue Island, Illinois, resulting in the pipe breaking in 4 places. Gas then migrated into a building, that later exploded, killing 1 person, and, injuring 10 others.〔 * 1976 On November 28, an 8 inch Sunoco pipeline began leaking in Toledo, Ohio, spilling about 1,000 barrels of gasoline, forcing a major road closure. There were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19761129&id=ZhBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5658,2451152〕 * 1976 An explosion and fire at a gas pipeline compressor station in Orange Grove, Texas killed one plant worker, and injured another on December 6.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sDwcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xVoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022,1626941&dq=sun+pipeline+explosion&hl=en〕 * 1977 On January 2, a gas pipeline ruptured and burned near Nursery, Texas. Some power poles were destroyed, but there were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dyoPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cIUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7032,502206&dq=pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1977 On January 5, in Fairview, New Jersey, a circumferential break on a 6 inch cast iron gas pipe. The released gas then migrated under frozen soil & a sidewalk, into an area under the floor of a building. The gas later was ignited by an unknown source, causing an explosion that killed 1 person, injured 13 others, and destroyed 3 buildings.〔 * 1977 In Baltimore, Maryland on January 13, a 4 inch cast iron gas line suffered a circumferential break. The gas migrated under frozen soil and pavement into nearby rowhouses, and was likely ignited by an oil burned motor. One person was killed.〔 * 1977 On January 18, an 18 inch steel gas main failed and leaked into an electrical and telephone conduit in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Three explosion followed, destroying 5 buildings, and breaking windows nearby. Improper pipeline construction techniques were the cause of the failure. There were no injuries.〔 * 1977 A gas pipeline exploded and burned in Stockton, California on February 4. Another gas pipeline fire had occurred nearby 4 days earlier. There were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LEchAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dn8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6084,1926128&dq=pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1977 On May 20, fire broke out at a MAPCO pipeline pumping stations and Terminal in Ogden, Iowa, threatening 4 propane storage tanks for a time. There were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19770520&id=7g00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=qCMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3568,2515323〕 * 1977 In June, a Williams Partners pipeline terminal near Lawrence, Kansas spilled about 33,600 gallons of gasoline. the next spring, a rancher nearby was still having gasoline entering a creek on his property.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19780404&id=aEMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=beYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3582,476614〕 * 1977 An explosion on July 8 at Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Pump Station No. 8 kills one worker, injures 5 others, and destroys the pump station. Over $2 million in damage was done. A US House of Representatives Committee later announced the cause was workers not following the proper procedures, causing crude oil to flow into a pump under repair at the time.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hWQsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fs0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7084,3305419&dq=pipeline-explosion&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l-5cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0VkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1576,2892833&dq=killed+when+he+struck+a+pipeline&hl=en〕〔http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/P77_37.pdf〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JA8gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dGUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4372,1221708&dq=pipeline-fire&hl=en〕 * 1977 On July 19, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System pipeline was shut down for the 4th time in a month, when it was hit in a valve by a front loader. More than of crude oil was spilled.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0i4PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5538,3708177&dq=gas+explosion&hl=en〕 * 1977 A 12-inch propane pipeline ruptured near Ruff Creek, in Greene County, Pennsylvania, from stress corrosion cracking, on July 20.. The resulting propane vapor cloud ignited when a truck driven into the cloud stalled, then created a spark when it was restarted. Subsidence of underground coal mines in the area may have hastened the failure.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/PAR7801.pdf〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19770721&id=DOZdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gl8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4234,2766736〕 * 1977 A cast iron gas main broke in Cherokee, Alabama on July 30. Gas migrated into a home through a recently back filled sewer line trench, and exploded 5 days later.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/1978/P78_44.pdf〕 * 1977 In August, a car drove through leaking liquid from a petroleum pipeline in Lakewood, California. The pooled liquid appeared to be mud, but it exploded and burned, injuring a woman in the car.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oiRLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=riMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4950,3987383&dq=shell+pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1977 On August 9, natural gas under 20 psi pressure entered a 6 ounce per square inch gas distribution system in El Paso, Texas, over pressuring 750 gas customer customers. Numerous small fires resulted from this. The cause was an error during gas pipeline replacement.〔 * 1977 On August 15, crude oil spilled at Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Pump Station No. 9. There was no fire, but a fire or explosion at that station could have shut down that pipeline, since Pump Station No. 8 was out of service from the previous month's accident there. This was the seventh accident on this pipeline since the start up of the Alaska pipeline on June 20, 1977. The NTSB released three recommendations on September 9, 1977, to correct certain design and operating deficiencies in the pump rooms of each station of the Alyeska system.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/Investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/PAR7802.aspx〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=biweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a74EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1995,2906758&dq=pipeline-fire&hl=en〕 * 1977 A gas transmission pipeline exploded, forcing hundreds to evacuate in Columbus, Indiana on August 26. There was no fire or injuries. * 1977 On September 5, 2 brothers in a moving truck drove into a vapor cloud from a leak at a gas compressor plant in New Cuyama, California, igniting the cloud. One was killed immediately, and the other died 11 days later.〔 * 1977 On September 10, a pipeline rupture spilled of gasoline into a creek in Toledo, Ohio. Corrosion of the pipeline caused the failure.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9gpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2233,2092915&dq=buckeye+pipeline+spill&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ApPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5482,3704327&dq=buckeye+pipeline+spill&hl=en〕 * 1977 A gas line inside a building in San Francisco, California leaked and exploded, injuring 7 and heavily damaging that building. Gas repair crews were working on the line at the time.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NcRiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hHgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093,1889408&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1977 On October 12, a bulldozer ruptured a propane pipeline near Albany, Georgia, causing nearby train traffic to be halted. The bulldozer engine was left running, nearly igniting the vapors.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g2tEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fLIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1533,2408463&dq=dixie+pipeline&hl=en〕 * 1977 On October 30, a bulldozer hit a gas pipeline in Shreveport, Louisiana. The gas ignited, causing a 100 foot tall flame, injuring 4 people.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19771031&id=1N8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dSkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3334,7045130〕 * 1977 A backhoe being used to install a pipeline hit an adjacent 6-inch propane pipeline on November 21 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Fire broke out, but there were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HmdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uFYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4762,4003237&dq=propane+pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1977 Construction workers punctured a 12-inch gas pipeline in Atlanta, Georgia, with an I-beam on December 1. No fire or explosion followed, but thousands of people were evacuated from nearby buildings.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/PAR7803.aspx〕 * 1977 A compression coupling joint between a plastic and a steel gas line pulled apart in Lawrence, Kansas on December 15. The gas migrated into 2 buildings, and exploded, killing 2 people, and injuring 3 others.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/Investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/PAR7804.aspx〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MboxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888,2848607&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1978 Earth movement was suspected in causing a gas transmission pipeline to rupture and burn near Stevenson, Washington on January 23. There were no injuries.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V_xPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wwgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4798,1118815&dq=pipeline+fire&hl=en〕 * 1978 On February 15, a gas pipeline being tested with compressed air exploded at a seam on the pipe in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 15, injuring 8.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6_pLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BfkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6824,64269&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1978 A portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System pipeline east of Fairbanks, Alaska was ruptured by an explosive device on February 15. Crude oil spilled in a diameter spot.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dhNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QYMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1891,14355&dq=marathon+pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1978 On February 26, a 16 inch Cities Service Gas pipeline ruptured near Lecompton, Kansas, causing natural gas shortages in the area.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19780227&id=Zk4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZuYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3344,3505779〕 * 1978 An improperly plugged gas line leaked into service vault in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at a shopping center, overcoming 5 gas company workers on April 28. Four of the repairmen died of asphyxiation. None of the repair crew had respirators at the job site.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1978/P78_53_55.pdf〕 * 1978 A gas company crew in Mansfield, Ohio accidentally tied a high pressure gas main into a low pressure gas main on May 17. Much higher gas flames in gas appliances caused damage in 16 homes, and about 2,000 gas meters were shut off during the incident.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1978/P78_45_49.pdf〕 * 1978 A MAPCO LPG pipeline in Donnellson, Iowa ruptured from past mechanical damage and improper lowering for road improvements. The vapor cloud ignited several minutes after the rupture. Three people were killed and 2 others severely burned. The pipe failed at a dented and gouged area not seen during the original construction, or lowering for road work a few months before. A hydrostatic test on this pipeline after the accident caused failures at 2 other dented & gouged section, and 15 ERW seam failures in 117 miles. (August 4, 1978)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1978/P78_66_67.pdf〕〔(Fort Madison, IA Propane Pipeline Explodes, Aug 1978 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods )〕〔(Mid-America Pipeline System liquefied petroleum gas pipeline rupture and fire, Donnellson, Iowa, August 4, 1978 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive )〕 * 1978 On August 7, in Lafayette, Louisiana, natural gas at 15 psig pressure escaped from a corrosion leak in an inactive 1-inch steel service line and migrated beneath a concrete slab and into a building where it ignited. The resulting explosion and fire injured six persons and destroyed the building and its contents.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_74.pdf〕 * 1978 On August 14, a coal digging crew in Cairo, Missouri hit a MAPCO LPG pipeline with a backhoe. The gas ignited about 2 hours later, as digging crews were still working nearby. 1 worker was burned, along with the backhoe, a bulldozer, and a diesel fuel tank.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19780815&id=xPIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jNUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5806,5502186〕 * 1978 On August 28, natural gas, which had escaped from a circumferential fracture in a socket heat-fusion coupling on a 2-in. polyethylene (PE) main, operating at 40-psig pressure, migrated beneath a one-story house in Grand Island, Nebraska, exploded, and then burned. One person was injured; the house was destroyed; and three adjacent houses were damaged.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_12_13.pdf〕 * 1978 About of gasoline were spilled in Hampton, Pennsylvania on August 30. Workers boring for a sewer line had hit a fuel pipeline. Later, the 2 construction firms responsible were fined only $500 each.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n4BIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6977,4457534&dq=buckeye+pipeline+spill&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IFodAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A1kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6832,2705698&dq=buckeye+pipeline+spill&hl=en〕 * 1978 A pipeline feeding a Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage cavern ruptured in Hackberry, Louisiana on September 22, causing a large fire.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EQ5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QjUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5019,5142959&dq=pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1978 A 30 inch United Texas Transmission gas pipeline in Brookside Village, Texas ruptured and exploded, killing five people, and injuring 43 others. Seven mobile homes were also destroyed. The blast was felt 35 miles away. (October 24, 1978)〔(Brookside Village, TX Gas Pipeline Explosion, Oct 1978 | GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods )〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19781025&id=PFYsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q80EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938,6203711〕 * 1978 On October 30, a pickup truck with 2 women inside drove into an unseen gas cloud from a leaking gas gathering pipeline in Preston, Oklahoma, triggering explosions and a fire, killing the 2 women. 3 homes were also damaged. Flames from the fire reached 200 feet high.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=105DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ga0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4420,4522772&dq=pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1978 An Amoco crude oil pipeline leaked into the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area west of Farmington, Utah on November 7. About 105,000 gallons of crude were spilled. The rupture was caused by pumping against a valve that had been closed for earlier pipeline maintenance.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U9pSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WoADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5580,2966936&dq=amoco+pipeline+fire&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19781208&id=XtpSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IIADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7101,2330229〕 * 1979 A ruptured 2-inch gas line leaking caused a home to explode in Spokane, Washington on January 6, killing the homeowner.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iIJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mY8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3151,427800&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1979 On January 16, an explosion and fire destroyed five commercial buildings and damaged several other buildings in London, Kentucky. Two persons were injured. External corrosion was suspected as the cause. A prearranged pressure increase in the pipeline was also a factor.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1979/P79_13.pdf〕〔(Gas Service Co. explosion and fire, London, Kentucky, January 16, 1979 )〕 * 1979 On March 2, at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Pump Station #6 located near the Yukon River in Alaska, the topping unit producing turbine fuel experienced a flame out of the flare stack which burns flammable tail gas from the unit. Automatic ignition apparatus did not function due to the extreme low temperature of -25F. A safety professional on staff was tasked with climbing the stack and re-igniting the flare manually. Once ignition was established, and before the safety professional could climb down from the top catwalk platform, station management ordered the combustion blower to be turned on and tail gas pressure to be increased from 3psi to 11psi. The action resulted in a surge through the knock out drum at the base of the stack, causing residual oil and naptha to be blown up the stack, covering the top catwalk and approximately the top 60 feet of the stack in burning petroleum. The safety professional was severely burned and fell through the stack main access ladder components and iron work 115 feet to the ground. The occurrence did not result in a fatality, however, fire damaged the stack and petroleum contaminated the surrounding base area. * 1979 An 18-inch natural gas transmission pipeline failed underneath the Florida Turnpike in West Palm Beach, Florida, resulting in a 2 hour road closure.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bAtUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qYwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1730,3097929&dq=pipeline-explosion&hl=en〕 * 1979 On April 18, a 24-inch natural gas transmission pipeline pulled out of a compression coupling during a line-lowering project under Iowa State Highway 181 in a rural area near Dallas, Iowa. Within seconds, the natural gas ignited and burned a by area. Two cars, a pickup truck, and a trailer housing construction equipment were destroyed. A backhoe was damaged and windows were broken in a nearby farmhouse. Five of the eight injured workers were hospitalized. The gas company's accident records indicated that this 24-inch pipeline had experienced 12 previous failures since it was constructed.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1979/P79_20_21.pdf〕 * 1979 On April 20, a series of explosions and a fire struck a Sunoco pipeline terminal in Toledo, Ohio. Some nearby residents fled their homes, and telephone service was disrupted.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19790421&id=6zFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6370,7962054〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19790420&id=6jFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6227,7790690〕 * 1979 On May 11, 2 explosions and a following fire killed 7 people, injured 19 others, and destroyed 3 buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Soil erosion under an 8-inch cast iron gas main caused the main to break and release gas.〔(Philadelphia Gas Works natural gas pipeline rupture, explosion, and fire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1979 )〕 * 1979 On May 13, a 36-inch Colonial Pipeline rupture released of fuel oil that damaged vegetation and killed fish near Spartanburg, South Carolina. Cracks made in the railroad shipping of the pipe before installation were the cause.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2004/PAR0401.pdf〕 * 1979 On May 19, tank truck drivers waiting at an Amoco terminal heard a bang, then saw a 3 foot side stream of gasoline pour down a nearby hillside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Train traffic on 2 nearby rail lines had to be stopped during the cleanup.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2002&dat=19790520&id=xOxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5EANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5318,5174808〕 * 1979 A "spud" dropped by a pile driving barge in the Gulf of Mexico near Pilottown, Louisiana ruptured a 4-inch natural gas pipeline on June 5. The escaping gas ignited, and seriously burned the barge. 4 crew members went missing and were presumed dead.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qgRFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y7oMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4357,2413019&dq=gas+line+blast&hl=en〕 * 1979 On June 10, the pilot of a helicopter reported sighting oil on the surface of the Atigun River near the route of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System's 48-inch crude oil pipeline. Repair crews found a 7-inch crack which passed through a longitudinal weld. Five days after the first leak, at 3:15 p.m. on June 15, the pilot of an Alyeska helicopter on a routine surveillance flight reported a leak north of pump station No. 12 near the Little Tonsina River. A crack near a wrinkle in the pipe was found there. The June 10 spill resulted in a release of approximately of crude oil; the June 15 leak resulted in a release of approximately of crude oil; these losses were estimated by Alyeska personnel at the leak site. The spills were too small to be verified by the Alyeska metering system.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1979/P79_14_15.pdf〕 * 1979 Another crack in a wrinkled section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System pipeline hit Pump Station 12 on June 15 on the south end of that pipeline in southern Alaska. About 1,000 barrels of crude oil were spilled.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w0k0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=k2cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6750,384243&dq=pipeline+leak&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19790616&id=ZgNMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2867,167613〕 * 1979 On June 16, operator error at Colonial Pipeline caused a prior to installation rail shipping induced crack of 36-inch pipeline to rupture in Greenville County, South Carolina. 395,000 gallons of fuel oil were spilled, causing vegetation, fish, & wildlife kills.〔〔http://pstrust.org/library/docs/ops_doc2.pdf#search=%22colonial%22〕 * 1979 A leaking pipeline released gasoline in Granger, Indiana, causing the evacuation of 400 people on July 3.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lSBSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bDUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2187,281502&dq=amoco+pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1979 An anchor handling boat, PETE TIDE II, damaged an unmarked gas pipeline with a grappling hook offshore from New Orleans, Louisiana. Two of the crew were missing and presumed dead in the fire that followed. (July 15, 1979)〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_15.pdf〕 * 1979 On July 25, an explosion and fire destroyed a duplex apartment house in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two persons were killed, and two persons were hospitalized for burns; adjacent houses were damaged. Earlier in the day, a crew from Mountain Bell Telephone Company (Mountain Bell) had been using a backhoe at the intersection of Bridge Boulevard and Atrisco Road to locate a telephone cable. The backhoe snagged a gas service line but the fact that it was pulled from a 1-inch coupling under the house was not discovered at that time.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_48_49.pdf〕 * 1979 A 34-inch Lakehead (now Enbridge) pipeline ruptured near Bemidji, Minnesota, leaking of crude oil on August 20. The pipeline company initially recovers 60 percent of the spilled oil. Later in 1988, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency required Lakehead to extract more oil using new technology; removal continued on, with studies still underway in the area.〔(BusinessNorth Exclusives )〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6657,2195838&dq=lakehead+pipeline+spill&hl=en〕〔http://mn.water.usgs.gov/projects/bemidji/〕〔http://mn.water.usgs.gov/projects/bemidji/results/fact-sheet.pdf〕 * 1979 On August 20, a bulldozer operating near Orange, Texas, was being used to clean a farm drainage ditch. The corner of the blade cut into a propane line, which crossed beneath the ditch. Propane at 350 psig escaped and was ignited within seconds. The resulting fire killed one person, injured another, and caused considerable property damage.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_1.pdf〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QKUyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5281,5217961&dq=gas+explosion&hl=en〕 * 1979 A crude oil pipeline ruptured and spilled oil into a creek new Walnut Grove, Missouri on August 25. of the creek were contaminated, and 32,000 fish killed.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VOMpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MdYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5714,4966726&dq=shell+pipeline+leak&hl=en〕 * 1979 On September 4, the M/V WHITEFACE struck a high-pressure gas pipeline in Lake Verret, Louisiana. A resulting explosion killed a crewman aboard the vessel.〔http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/689/689.F2d.1251.82-3072.html〕 * 1979 On October 6, an explosion caused by liquefied natural gas (LNG) vapors destroyed a transformer building at the reception facility of the Columbia LNG Corporation, Cove Point, Maryland. Odorless liquefied natural gas leaked through an inadequately tightened LNG pump seal, vaporized, passed through approximately of underground electrical conduit and entered the substation building. One person was killed, and one person was seriously injured. Damage to the facility was estimated at about $3 million. The fire hydrants and deluge water spray system were inoperable after the explosion because the water main that supplied the system was broken at a flange above ground inside the substation.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_31_33.pdf〕 * 1979 On October 24, an explosion and fire destroyed the county clerk's office building and the adjoining courthouse building, gutted a connecting building which was under construction, and damaged the adjacent houses in Stanardsville, Virginia. Thirteen persons were injured and property was damaged extensively. The following NTSB investigation revealed that natural gas had leaked from a break in a 1 1/4-inch coated steel service line, which had been snagged by a backhoe which was being used to dig a footing for an addition to the county clerk's office building.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_10_11.pdf〕 * 1979 On October 30, a natural gas explosion and fire demolished a townhouse in Washington, D.C., and damaged nearby buildings and cars. No one was inside the townhouse at the time, but three persons in a stopped car were injured when debris from the explosion shattered a car window. After the accident, an inspection of the gas service line that served the townhouse revealed that it had been struck by excavating equipment.〔http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/1980/P80_59.pdf〕 * 1979 A natural gas transmission pipeline exploded in West Monroe, Louisiana on November 11, causing 3 subdivisions to be evacuated, and creating a crater 70 feet wide and 20 feet deep. There were no injuries. A gas pipeline explosion had taken place nearby 8 years before.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kQIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5519,8471103&dq=gasline+blast&hl=en〕〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19791113&id=29ROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1546,6774110〕 * 1979 A 12 inch Amoco pipeline broke on December 11 near Waverly, Missouri, spilling about 8,400 gallons of crude oil. Temperature changes were blamed for the joint failure on the pipeline.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19791214&id=1s0fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vNgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3245,6242086〕 * 1979 On December 16, military police at Marine Corps Base Quantico discovered fuel oil leaking into the Potomac River, near Chopawamsic Island. A leaking Plantation Pipeline 12 inch pipeline was the source, spilling between 5,000 and 10,000 gallons of fuel oil.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19791217&id=gf9NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5IsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3413,2686047〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of pipeline accidents in the United States 1975 to 1999」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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